Shannon Doocy, PhD

Academic Rank

Associate Professor

Department/Institute Affiliation(s)

Department of International Health

Core Faculty Member

Bio:

Dr. Doocy's research focuses on populations affected by disasters and conflict, including both refugees and internally displaced populations. It includes improving assessment methodologies in post-disaster settings and urban refugee contexts; population based studies of mortality and injury in rapid onset natural disasters and conflict; assessment of nutrition status and food security in internally displaced and refugee populations; and monitoring and evaluation of humanitarian assistance programs with a focus on cash interventions, livelihoods, and food insecurity. Current and recent research and projects have been implemented in collaboration with NGOs, UN agencies, and other academic institutions in a variety of countries including Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Pakistan, the Philippines, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan and Haiti.

Research Interests:

Development of a MICS Post-Emergency Module;

Differential Pricing of Medicines in Ghana and the Philippines;

Evaluation of US Food Assistance Programming in DR Congo;

NCD Guidelines and mHealth Records for Refugees in Lebanon;

Point of Use Water Treatment for Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition in Pakistan

Needs assessments and evaluations to inform humanitarian assistance delivery and planning in Syria.

Honors and Awards:

Excellence in Teaching, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health for course entitled ˜Food, Nutrition and Livelihoods in Complex Emergencies, 2013.

American Public Health Association International Section, award for outstanding research in conflict epidemiology in Iraq, 2007